Call for Papers – The 20th IASBS Conference
This lecture is sponsored by The International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). [Original post here] Date Sep 28-29, 2024 Location Ryukoku University | Kyoto, Japan Registration Form Registration Instructions Please click the “Registration Form” above and send it to the contact email address below by September 15th, 2024. Fee: JPY 2,000.00. Please send the […]
Virtual Symposium: Other Power IV: Its Nature and Role in Buddhist Awakening
Date Sat, Dec 09, 2023 Time 5:00 – 8:00 PM (PST) Closed This event is an online panel, and can be attended online via Zoom. This event is made possible by the generous support of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, co-sponsored by the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). We are delighted […]
Video and Q&A: Other Power III – “Other Power” in Tibetan, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism
About this Event Presented on December 10, 2022 by an amazing group of panelists, this symposium was made possible by the generous support of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, co-sponsored by the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS) To know more about this event, go to the Other Power III: “Other Power” […]
Virtual Symposium: Other Power III: “Other Power” in Tibetan, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism
Date Sat, Dec 10, 2022 Time 5:00 – 8:00 PM Registration Closed This event is an online panel, and can be attended online via Zoom. This event is made possible by the generous support of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, co-sponsored by the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). We are delighted […]
Video and Text Q&A: The Radical Other Power of Shinran
Q&A What determines the level of grade of rebirth in the Pure Land according to Master Shinran? Does Shinjin have levels to it, and is it this level of Shinjin/faith that determines the level of grade of rebirth? – Revanth C. Shinran recognizes no levels. People of Shinjin are equal and attains birth immediately upon […]
Virtual Symposium: The Radical Other Power of Shinran
Date Sat, December 11, 2021 Time 5:00 — 8:00 PM (PST) Zoom Registration This online panel, as the second of a two-part series, is sponsored by UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (何鴻毅家族基金佛學與當代社會課程) and the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). The Robert H. N. Ho Family […]
Video and Text Q&A: “Other Power” in Buddhism
Q&A What was the ‘incorrect understanding’ about, that needed to be corrected? — Ronald K. The incorrect understanding regarding emptiness was to understand it as nihilism or that nothing exists. Plus, Tathāgatagarbha proponents deemed that emptiness thought had the tendency to sap seekers from weakening aspiration or lead to, in their words, “withered mind” (linam […]
Virtual Symposium: “Other Power” in Buddhism
DATE Wed, December 16, 2020 TIME 5:00 PM (PST) Zoom Registration This online panel, as the first of a two-part series, is sponsored by UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (何鴻毅家族基金佛學與當代社會課程) and the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program […]
Report: 18th IABS Congress Showcases the Vitality and Global Reach of Buddhist Studies
(Article by Harsha Menon originally posted to BuddhistDoor.net) In the University of Toronto’s ceremonious and elegant Convocation Hall, PhD candidate and academic coordinator Anthony Scott is offering a Land Acknowledgment. Speaking onstage, in the same spot where His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa stood a little over a month earlier, Scott invokes the pre-colonial indigenous […]
Conference: The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures
All are welcome to register and attend the conference and keynote lectures. *Registration fee includes meals and refreshments for the weekend. The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures: History, Image, Praxis, Thought Conference will be taking place at the Vancouver campus of University of British Columbia from May 31 to June 2, 2013. For full schedule, […]